MEDINA v. PEOPLE

No. 17748.

291 P.2d 1061 (1956)

John MEDINA, Plaintiff In Error, v. The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Defendant In Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

Rehearing Denied January 23, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Vigil, Denver, Levi Martinez, Alamosa, for plaintiff in error.

Duke W. Dunbar, Atty. Gen., Frank E. Hickey, Deputy Atty. Gen., Norman H. Comstock, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant in error.


KNAUSS, Justice.

Plaintiff in error, who will be referred to as defendant, was found guilty of a charge of assault with a deadly weapon with intent to do great bodily injury, and sentenced to a term in the state penitentiary. He brings the case here on writ of error.

It appears from the record that on September 25, 1954 defendant and Jake Garcia, together with a number of other persons were engaged in a dice game near a poolhall in Lariat, a community just...

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